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Locality Name:
Waitomo District, Waikato Region, New Zealand


mindat Locality ID: 301749
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-301749.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Waitomo District, Waikato Region, New Zealand": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Piopio

Latitude: 38°32'38"S
Longitude: 175°0'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -38.543888888889,175.01611111111

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al C Ca Cr Fe H Mg Na O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBruciteCalciteChloriteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteFeldsparGarnetNone
PectolitePrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzSerpentineSpinelTitanite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Augite  (*)Brucite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Magnetite  (*)Pectolite  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosenhahnite  (*)Spinel  (*)Titanite  (*)
Xonotlite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1885108803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31885101534
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1885103250
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61885102060
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)2188510462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)18851027770
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41885103902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4188510951
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81885101756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1885101025
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61885104135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1885108173
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O418851014899
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)188510363
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21885101898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218851039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO218851061156
Rosenhahnite  (*)NoneCa3Si3O8(OH)21885108
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41885101934
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1885104899
Xonotlite  (*)NoneCa6Si6O17(OH)2188510109



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